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Locality Name:
Wadi Kariem, Central Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt

Oldest recorded age at locality: 302
Youngest recorded age at locality: 245

mindat Locality ID: 303732
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303732.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wadi Kariem, Central Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Egypt": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°58'0"N
Longitude: 34°1'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.966666666667,34.033055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GypsumMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSchoepite
SphaleriteSpinelTitaniteZippeiteZircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ianthinite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Moluranite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schoepite  (*)
Schröckingerite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)30224508803
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O302245092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)302245027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2302245027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O3022450566
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)30224508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS302245024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)30224507437
Graphite  (*)NoneC30224502812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O30224506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3302245014640
Ianthinite  (*)NoneU4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4·9H2O302245031
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS23022450102
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O3022450198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4302245014899
Moluranite  (*)NoneH4U4+(UO2)3(MoO4)7·18H2O30224506
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS230224505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2302245017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)30224502349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3022450144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2302245039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO230224503106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2302245061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3022450598
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6302245094
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O3022450128
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O302245056
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2302245044
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS302245021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O30224504899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO230224502718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3022450890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O302245094
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO430224501655
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)43022450175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)30224505251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)30224501025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000793The Wadi Karim is a large area found in the eastern desert of Egypt, neighboring the Red Sea. The locality has a basement of Precambrian rocks with a great deal of volcanism and alteration.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000793302245302-245Rb-Sr     Chalcopyrite, Coffinite, Galena, Hematite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 303732Wadi Kariem, Central Eastern Desert, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, EgyptWadi KariemHussein et al. (1988)10.11456/shigenchishitsu1951.38.39MG38_39The age given is the Rb-Sr dating of the altered rock which contains Uranium and Hematitic minerals along joints and fractures. Pp. 41-42: 302 to 245 Ma, which corresponds to Carboniferous to Early Permian age (EL MANHARAWY, 1972). They are cutting quartz veins, felsite dikes related to the late-orogenic granites (at Wadi Kab El Abiad, Wadi Um Huyut and on the northern bank of Wadi Hammaria) and lamprophyre (at north G. Abu Hibban). Some bostonite dikes cut each other in Wadi Kab El Abiad and south G. Um Shaghir indicating that there might be more than one phase of bostonite activity.

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